The permanent secretary in the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Daju Kachollom, has urged directors in the ministry to ensure effective service delivery within the health sector to the Nigerian populace.
Kachollom stated this Thursday during a retreat for directors in Enugu state, noting that the retreat was critical to achieving the mandate of the ministry, as well as ensuring purposeful succession plan to sustain the ministry’s current achievements.
The theme was, “Strengthening Leadership for Effective and Efficient Health and Social Welfare Governance.”
The permanent secretary further advised the directors to uphold the tenets of effective service delivery and succession plan.
Highlighting the importance of the retreat, Kachollom said it was targeted at assessing the ministry’s current position in order to set long term goals and outline the steps required to achieve them.
“It will also foster team-building, strengthen interpersonal relationships among participants, improve communication and, encourage a collaborative environment,” she said.
The permanent secretary implored the directors to prioritise transparency, embrace innovation, foster partnerships and, build empowered, sustainable teams to ensure efficient and effective system that meets its goals.
“In this regard, we must fully embrace the on-going reforms and take ownership of them.
“We must adopt the principles of the Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan 2021–2025, with particular focus on the new Performance Management System (PMS), which is designed to track both individual performance and our collective contributions to ministerial and national development goals,” she said.